Hello Grade 7s!

‘Tis the season (report card season) to make sure you have no incomplete or missing assignments! Make sure that you have completed and turned in:

-Your agamograph art and paragraph

-Your digital portfolio art and paragraph

-Your socials climate graph and watershed questions

-Your Math apartment project

-Your pixel art mosaic

These are now all outstanding (overdue) and must be handed in by February 29th at the latest, or they will receive an incomplete for your Term 2 report card.

Some upcoming due dates include:

-Your resume and cover letter, typed and edited, by this Friday

-Your Socials questions are due Thursday

As always, you can reach out to myself or to Ms. Ramen if you need help. Be proactive with your learning and don’t fall behind!

Best wishes,

-Ms. Ward

Hey, Grade 7s!

You can either use your own template for your resume (using Canva, if you have an account) or you may download the one I have provided below. To use this, you’ll need to right click, select “copy link address”, and then paste it into a new tab.

Resume Template Example

Hello to our Grade 7 students,

A few important reminders:

-Please remember to submit your agamographs (including your write-up) and your digital portfolio covers to Ms. Ramen through Teams. These assignments are now very overdue, and must be completed promptly.

-Course selection forms for Burnaby North are due on February 20th. Remember to fill in your elective, and your back-up!

-There is no school on Friday and Monday of this week. We will resume school on Tuesday!

-We will be continuing our Baking unit next week (Tuesday/Wednesday). Please bring a hair elastic, scrunchie, or claw clip if your hair is longer than shoulder length.

Best wishes,

Ms. Ward

 

 

Hello Grade 7s!

Please remember:

-your digital portfolio cover is due to Ms. Ramen by January 31st

-there is no band on Wednesday… playing test is rescheduled for Thursday morning

-we have a special guest speaker coming in on Wednesday afternoon to talk about kindness and anti-bullying

-Young Actors Project will continue (session 2) next week

-we are beginning our ‘job interviews’ this week! Don’t forget to practice your handshake, introduction, and answers to your questions/prompts (“tell me a bit about yourself, why should we hire you for this position, describe a time when you have overcome a challenge, what is your biggest weakness, why do you want this job”)

Thanks everyone!

-Ms. Ward

Just a reminder that we will have an early dismissal (2:00PM) on this Friday.

Wishing everyone well!

-Ms. Ward

Hello Grade 7s! We have received word that, due to the weather, our schools in Burnaby will be closed today. Please enjoy your snow day and stay safe and warm. See you all soon!

-Ms. Ward

Today, our school is observing Black Excellence Day. This is the 3rd annual Black Excellence Day in British Columbia. Black Excellence Day is a way to learn about innovative artists, scientists, politicians, activists, authours, and athletes from Black communities around the world. Some influential people we have learned about as part of our exploration of Black Excellence are:

-Serena Williams, an amazing athlete notable for her accomplishments in tennis and her indominable confidence

-Muhammad Ali, as undefeatable in the boxing ring as he was when speaking out against war

-Stevie Wonder, a talented singer/songwriter who has a career spanning decades

-Harriet Tubman, a brave ‘conductor’ that travelled the Underground Railroad to free enslaved people

-Jesse Owens, an athlete that shook up racist beliefs about sports at the Berlin Olympics

-Katherine Johnson, one of NASA’s ‘computers’ who was essential to America getting to the moon

 

Hey Grade 7s! Please see the links below to try out 4 of the earliest video games that were available for public use. Be mindful that some of these websites have advertisements, so make sure to use your best digital citizenship strategies:

PONG:

https://www.coolmathgames.com/0-retro-ping-pong

https://ponggame.io/

SPACE INVADERS:

https://freeinvaders.org/

DONKEY KONG:

https://www.free80sarcade.com/donkeykong.php

PACMAN:

https://pacman.live/play.html

Hello Grade 7s!

There will be NO BAND tomorrow, as we are having a special presentation on stress reduction and self-care in the morning.

Dress warmly and see you tomorrow!

-Ms. Ward

Happy New Year to our Grade 7 students (and our families),

Welcome back to our usual routine! I hope that you had a relaxing Winter Break. A few important reminders for this week:

-Parents and guardians, please fill in the reflection survey (included in the syllabus of the Term 1 report card) at your earliest convenience. You can also access the survey here: Survey for Parents and Guardians

-Our bottle and can drive is fast approaching on January 13th! If you are able, please bring any recyclables to our school’s parking lot to raise funds for our Grade 7 events!

-Please return (signed) report card envelopes as soon as possible

-The weather is taking a turn this week… please dress warmly (coat, boots, socks, etc.)

Thanks everyone!